checkreins

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A form of checkrein — A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of checkrein
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APA

checkreins. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkreins

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“checkreins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkreins. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkreins,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkreins.

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